They do this and all the more you wish they don’t get what they want. They maybe want to just to it indefinitely.

by butteranko

13 comments
  1. Great and people are supposed to take holidays or just not show up to work? It is outrageous to strike for so many days.

  2. But to make sure to transport thousands of unionists just to strike, they are ok to overwork.

  3. Striking is a fundamental and constitutional right. The fact that it disturbs everyday life IS the point.

    Don’t be selfish. Don’t blame the workers. Blame the managmenet and politics which put them in a situation where they have to put their foot down and stand for their rights.

  4. Good. Strikes aren’t meant to be a cushy three hour march. People need to stand united.

  5. Just a reminder that it’s only small and independent Syndicate. So stop crying like baby cry and take information and use your brain to understand that it’s a minority.

  6. Just one more strike bro. Just one more strike. One more. One more strike and we’ll fix the pension system. Let me have one more strike. Let’s put SNCB/NMBS on strike once more. Just give me one more strike. One more strike t

  7. Yes, this has been introduced by small syndicates BUT their action covers ALL workers.

    The complaints? Longer careers for people like train conductors for ie. and rolling stock personnel… but I suspect it’s also the fact that there are some considerations to change/scrap the « Railway worker » status.

    My take? Being able to retire at 55 (!) is amazing. Considering the efforts everyone needs to make to sustain social security and pensions, they’re stupid af.

    Does that mean that what the government does is correct? To some extent it’s necessary as we need to be more efficient but there are hundreds of other areas they could look at to cut costs OR at the VERY least to make sure money is well spent. I have heard and seen many WTF things about how much money got poured into the most stupid decisions and their consequences…

    This is only going to get dirtier and dirtier. I wouldn’t be surprised if investments will heavily drop AND in 10 years or so, 30% of the current workforce won’t be replaced.

  8. Fuck them. What is so hard about saying « tickets please » you need to retire 10 years earlier?

  9. Well, I just moved to Brussels last summer because SNCB is just shitty in general, but for the strikes I understand their employees

  10. Nope, I don’t care that this is a leftist sub, I’m gonna say it: the train employees have to accept that they don’t deserve a 12 YEARS early retirement. If we’re gonna make sure that the next generation still gets a retirement at all, tough decisions need to be made and this is one of them.

    It’s selfish of them to demand special treatment compared to the rest of the working class

  11. While strikes are a right and they have the right to protest, I feel like this 9 days long strike will do more damage to people with lower income and little to nothing to the political class. Most rich people have their cars. Perhaps they should find more creative ways to strije without hurting people who rely on public transportation.

  12. De trein Antwerpen – Brussel heeft tijdens de stakingen minder vertraging dan daarbuiten. Laat ze maar doen

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